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The UPS Store and Mail Boxes Etc. offer holiday shipping expertise

Posted by | Nov 21, 2006 | |

When it comes to shipping holiday gifts, there really is a “naughty” way and a “nice” way to do it. And after 26 years in the packing and shipping business, the pros at The UPS Store® and Mail Boxes Etc.® have seen some fairly “naughty” packages in their day.

“Although people have the best of intentions, we have to perform a number of ‘interventions’ each year,” says The UPS Store franchisee Willa Levin of Royal Oak, Mich.

Levin recommends the following tips for ensuring your package is delivered in “nice” condition:

Get a good start by using a new box specifically designed for shipping, not moving. Dumpster diving for old boxes is a fast trip to the naughty list.

Follow through by using the right packing materials, including a minimum of two inches of bubble cushioning and/or packing peanuts. Old clothes, crumpled newspaper and real popcorn aren’t only naughty, they’re nasty.

Before closing the box, place an extra mailing label inside just in case the outside label gets damaged. Hint: Santa appreciates good penmanship.

Add the finishing touch with clear, professional-grade packing tape and a fresh label with both the sender’s and recipient’s names clearly printed. Sorry fellas, duct tape will land you at the top of the naughty list. Packages wrapped in paper or tied with string also are a no-no.

If you’re looking to score bonus points, use UPS® so you can track your packages. Then you’ll know someone was home to receive your gifts. It’s a nice thing to do.

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UPS to finance heavy Air Freight Center with Airport Bond Offering

Posted by | Nov 21, 2006 | |

UPS Inc. will guarantee USD42.6 million of Louisville Regional Airport Authority Special Facilities Revenue Bonds and use the proceeds to build a new terminal at the airport for handling heavy freight.

Standard & Poor’s assigned a rating of AAA/A-1+ to the bond issuance, the company said Tuesday in a statement.

UPS is ranked No. 1 on the Transport Topics 100 list of U.S. and Canadian for-hire car-riers.

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Cargo jets carry some risks along with shipments – Group boosts effort to educate senders about unsafe packages

Posted by | Nov 20, 2006 | |

A woman walked into Bruce Bernstein’s Pompano Beach, Fla., parcel shipping store with a box that she said had to arrive before July 4th. Inside were 28 pounds of fireworks, bottle rockets and illegal, high-powered firecrackers known as M-80s.

“It would have taken down a plane no problem,” says Bernstein, recalling an incident from two summers ago that underscores the difficulties private shippers have with keeping hazardous materials off planes.

The Associated Mail and Parcel Centers, which represents over 3,000 small shipping centers, estimates that each year thousands of packages like this one slip unnoticed onto planes all over the USA. The leading industry trade group and the government have stepped up efforts to educate the public about shipping flammable goods.

The rapid growth in shipments has made it increasingly difficult to police what goes into packages that crisscross the nation, the association says. Its members are small stores that pack items and funnel packages to the large shipping companies. They handle 29 million packages a year.

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UPS Announces 2007 Rates. New Pricing to take effect after 2006 holiday shipping season

Posted by | Nov 17, 2006 | |

UPS today announced new list rates for 2007, including an average 4.9 percent increase for ground shipments and a net average increase of 4.9 percent on all air express and U.S. origin International shipments.

The increase for air express and international shipments is based on a 6.9 percent increase in the base rate, less a 2 percent reduction in the current fuel surcharge. The new rates will be posted online at UPS.com on Dec. 1 to provide customers details about changes to specific products and zones and will take effect on Jan. 1, 2007, after the 2006 holiday shipping season.

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UTi Worldwide acquires Span International Group

Posted by | Nov 17, 2006 | |

UTi Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ:UTIW) today announced the acquisition of Span America Holding Company, Inc. and Span Manufacturing Limited (together, the “Span International Group of Companies” or “Span”), a value-added provider of integrated and customized supply chain management solutions, primarily in North America. The Span International Group of Companies, headquartered in Markham, near Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was previously privately held and will now become part of UTi’s contract logistics team in the Americas. With annual gross and net revenues of approximately USD39.1 million and USD36.0 million, respectively, for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2005, the Span International Group of Companies is expected to be accretive to UTi’s net income during the first year. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 1981 by Binny S. Jind, Span’s president and chief executive officer, Span offers value-added logistics to their wide customer base, representing primarily the electronics, automotive, telecommunications, computer hardware and consumer products verticals. Span’s end-to-end logistics services include vendor managed inventory, material flow integration, pre delivery inspection, screening and quality containment, component customization, sequencing, repackaging, assembly, testing and after-market support, among others.

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